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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
Parusols and Sun Umbrellas.

Parasols for spring and summer are made
quite large, with ten broad ribs and handles
long enough to serve as alpenstocls. Many
have the ribs tipped with nickel or with gilt,
and q new feature is vertical stripes of ribbon
down each gore or one broad satin woven
stripe, or else several beaded stripes are
wrought down each gore. The prevailing
shape is all improved Mauresque style, 1atter
than the canopy tops of last year; there are
also the sultana and the regent parasols, with
plain diamond OF star center widely trimmed
below, with many rows of lace arranged as a
border.
Light wood sticks are much used for these
dressy parasols and are ornamented with
carving, sometimes in three sections, at the
end, or they are countersunk or inlaid with
darker brown wood, Or are made like doubled
flat or triangular sticks or in imitation of
bamboo, or they are twisted in the even twist
so fashionable in all furniture and are finished
with knob Of faceted crystal, or of the
wood or of enamel or of jet, either black or
colored. Notified sticks with gilt or silver
tops and those Of natural wood with hooks
or rings, are very stylish and Of great length;
the ferrule at the top corresponds with the
stick and is also very long.
A bow of ribbon Of many loops and 0
bright color trims the handle, and narrower
ribbon is tied on the fer1ule. After the lace
trimmed parasols, and those with beaded
stripes, and the open beaded medallions that
show color beneath them, are many sim
pier ones of stripes, or with plaid borders
having also small plaids in the middle, and
for plain Use there are also pongee covers, OF
those of dark silk-black, blue, or brown
with hair stripes Of bright colors, or with
alternate stripes Of contrasting colors, each
half an inch or an inch broad. Some Of the
pongees have embroidery all over them, the
ground Of long stitches making background
for daisies or medallions Black grenadine
parasols are over red, green, or other COLOR
with frill of lace, and light wood handle.
For children are satin striped parasols with
twisted handles Of light wood. New sun UNI
brellas have large ball Of dull gilt next a
notified wooden handle, or crystal ball, or
one of black with white enamelled flowers or
leaves, or else hook Of natural wood tipped
with ivory.-Harper's Bazaar.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
Manners and Customs Practiced in Pc.
lite Society.

Manners and Customs Practiced in Pc.
lite Society.
New York is setting the fashion Of having
babies christened at home rather that in
church. Theceremony is followed by small
entertainment. AT recent fashionable
christening party ices in various shapes,
among them small babies, We're served with
little cakes highly spiced and covered with
white icing Old fashioned caudle in small
cups was also served. A diamond shaped
piece of black cake completely iced and
wrapped in white paper tied with white rib
bon was given to each guest to take home as
was dainty box with beautiful baby face
on the cover and filled with the conventional
white almonds. The invitations were for 5
o'clock. At the conclusion of the christening
ceremony the baby was sent to the nursery
and the guests were conducted to the dining
room where the table was attractively deco
rated with flowers.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
CoIFFUREs AND FANCY HAIR PINS.

OhES AMI rANC1 uAAn
In the illustration one figure illustrates the
right half rolled in one large curl, while Oh
the left, which has a scarcely visible parting,
come number Of tiny curls. The back hair
is formed into lightly twisted knot. The
couture, la Maintenon, is made Of silver
lace, dotted here and there with gems. For a
simple couture the whole Of the hair. from
the roots to the ends, may be twisted into one
coil and then fastened up high over diadem
or other ornament. Any ends remaining
after the coil is finished are taken back again
and fastened behind the left ear.
The fancy hair pins shown in the cut are
worthy of remark. The first one is made of gold
and has the coronet top, ornamented with
colored enamel The second is also of gold
and is set with black pearls. The third pin is
ornamented with small diamonds OH the dark
tortoise shell half moon. The fourth model is
made of light, transparent tortoise shell and
intended to be worn as a comb. In the fifth
blue enamel marks the design on an old silver
ground; the sixth is made of gold filagree,
very finely worked, and is intended to be
stuck into the crimped front hair.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
Tho Quality of Wool.

One of the difficulties in growing wool
in far southern ATTITUDES is that the quail
ity OF the wool 5deteriorates. Where the
climate is not" cold enough to make the
wool a necessity for the protection of the
sheep nature, always considerate, is less
careful to maintain its quality. 1t soon
degeneratcs into kind of hair and soon
loses its value as wool. For this reason
northern sheep growers will always have
an advantage over those farther south.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
When tOCall.

1t is proper to call in persol or to leave a
card after an acquaintance has lost relative,
after an engagement has been announced,
after marriage has taken place, after re-
turn from long absence, and of course after
the reception of an invitation When, how
ever, it is impossible to make the first four
visits in person, card may be sent. Every
town has its own hours for calling and re-
ceiving and these should be observed In
calling upon several ladies in one household,
not mother and daughters, card should be
left for each. A lady may leave her card
without asking for the lady of the house if it
is not the latter's reception day
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
Courtesy to New Acquaintances,

First calls should be returned within a
week, and no first visit should he returned bv
a card only, unless followed by an invitation.
Good authority on social usages advises a
lady who is invited to any entertainment bv
new acquaintance, whether the invitation
came through friend Or not, to Immediately
leave cards and send either regret or accept
ance. Whether she attend the entertainment
or not she should call after it within a week.
Then, having done all that is polite and hav-
ing shown herself woman of good breeding,
she can keep up the acquaintance or not, as
she pleases
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
Warmth and HaDDiness.

Rose Terry Cooke gives vigorous advice As
follows: If you want to be happy keep warm.
Women are eaten UP with neuralgia, doctors
say. No wonder. They sit all the morning
by a hot register and then tie five or six
inch strip Of bonnet over their ok hair,
bit of lace flchu over their bangs, put on kid
boots, with silk or thread stockings under
meath, and dawdle along the pave with bitter
winds shifting their temples, their delicate
ears, their threats and the bases of what
should be their brain. But no matter, their
chests are well covered with fur cloaks. But
cold feet, numb ears, redeemed temples and
exposed neck will have their own story to
talf
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15

EVENING TOILETS FOR YOUNG LADIES.
The dress with the high bodice has the front
drapery arranged in deep plaits that fall
over a fiat plated skirt, allowing broad
panel embroidered in colors to be seen on one
side, where pink ribbon borders the tablcr,
and finishes in loop and ends. The back
drapery is of straight pulled breadths. The
high and turnover collar is Of the embroidery.
The ball toilet with low bodice is COM
posed Of light silk and gauze, and is trimmed
with lace The box plaits on the skirt are
Az inches WIDE
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
Lungstroth ON Bee Keeping.


The following principles, says Lang
stroth, the eminent bee culturst, underlie
and govern profitable bee keeping and
honey producing;
1. Bees gorged with honey never volun-
teer IN attack.
2. Bees may always be made peaceable
by inducing them to accept of liquid
sweets.
3. Bees, when frightened by smoke or
by drumming on their hives, fill them
selves with honey and lose all disposition
to sting, especially If the motion jars their
combs.
4. In districts where forage is abundant
only for short period, the largest yield
of honey will be secured by very mod
crate increase of managing bees
8. Quecnless colonies, unless supplied
with queen, will inevitably dwindle
away or be destroyed by the bee moth or
by robbcr bees.
6. The formation of new colonies should
ordinarily be confined to the season when
bees are accommodating honey; and if this
or any other operation must be performed
when forage is scarce the greatest pre-
caution should be used to prevent rob-
bling.
7. The essence of all profitable bee keep
ing is contained in this golden rule, keep
your stock strong" If you cannot sue
coed in doing this the more money you in
vest in bees the heavier will be your losses;
while if your stock are strong you will
show that you are bee master as well as
a bee keeper and may safely calculate on
generous returns from your Industrious
objects.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
In Conversation.

There is certain distinct but subdued tone
OF voice peculiar to persons Of the best breed
ing. 1t is better to err by the use of too low
than of too loud Tone
A half opened mouth, a smile ready to over
flow any moment into a laugh, vacant stare,
a wandering eye, are all evidences Of i'll
breeding Next to unexceptionable diction a
correct pronunciation, distinct enunciation
and frank, self controlled bearing, it is
necessary to be genial. Donot go into society
unless You make up your mind to be cheerful,
sympathetic, animating as well as animated
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15

prevents the proper amount Of conclusion
and thus retards the separation. Thinning
cream with water and washing the milk
away will sometimes make slow churning
cream como moro quickly The cream
must stand some time for the fatty por-
ton to rise. Good butter may be made
without the use Of thermometer, but we
would as soon think Of sending butter to
market without weighing, and guess at
tho weight when rendering an account, as
to think of churning without thcrmOm-
eter by which to test and regulate the tenn
Derature
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15

Everything that can be supplied at a
moderate expense for increasing the at
fractions Of Il country home deserves at
tention. Seats under the shade of trees
and at remote points in walks, properly
introduced, have Il pleasing effect. The
Country Gentleman advises the models
shown III the accompanying cut as being
not only slightly and convenient, but cas-
ilY made
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
Striped and Fancy Materials.

The mixture of striped and other fancy
materials with plain fabrics will continue in
fovor during the coming season, and also the
bands of contrasting material of various de-
signs to represent stripes. Gallons, fancy
beaded passementeries, fiat gimps in applique,
moire cut into stripes, velvet ribbons and
bands of Swiss insertion will all be used for
this purpose.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
Sending Regrets"

In declining an invitation Of any kind, be
careful to express your "regret" in most
deferential manner. To send card with the
word ''regrets" written upon it is most impo-
lite A written note with some such formula
as MRS. Brown regrets that previous en-
gagement will deprive her of the pleasure OF
accepting the polite invitation of Mrs. Jones"
is the suitable response. An invitation is an
act of courtesy and an expression of regard
which deserves a respectful acknowledgment
whether it be accepted or declined.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
POLE FEED PEN.

Whenever food is thrown out to the
young chicks, the old hens rush and pick
it up, crowding or driving the little ones
away. In such feeding, pen which the
chickens can enter, but which will not
admit the old hens, is, if not quite necess-
ity, great convenience and help. The
Rural New Yorker tells how such pens
can be readily made.
The one shown in the first cut furnishes
the model for pole pen and is made by
laying poles up, log house fashion. The
spaces between the poles are just large
enough to let the chicken run out and in.
Boards are placed over the top and held in
place by stones or blocks.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
Bucklen's Arnica Salve,

es. sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter. chapped hands, chilblains, cOrns and
all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25c per box. For sale at
II. G. DAYS Drug Store.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15

SEATS FOR GARDEN AND LAWN.
One figure in the cut shows a seat
which can be readily made at the side of a
tree, and may be let into or fastened to
the trunk. The framework may be of
any kind of crooked growing wood. To
retain the bark, which is necessary for its
best rustic appearance, it must be cut
while the tree is in a dormant state
Soak it well in with one or more coats of
petroleum, and it will thus be rendered as
durable as cedar.
In another figure is represented double
seat-one that is movable and therefore
may be placed wherever it chances to be
most needed. The remaining figures of
the cut suggest the simplest and least OBJ
trusive of forms; these furnish convenient
seats for brief resting place during the
interval of outdoor games, such as lawn
tennis, croqIet, etc.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
Things Farmers Tell One Another.

Things Farmers Tell One Another.
Soapsuds and waste water from the
house will furnish no inconsiderable
amount of fertilizer for the soil.
The use of a common potato digger or
hook to spare the backs of the boys some
what is suggested when picking up stones
from the soil is in order. AS there is al
ways more or less of this work to be done
and every boy hates it, the task should be
ightened if possible.
Lucerne is valuable leguminous plant,
that thrives in all good soils of free cal
careOus nature. On wet land it produces
three or four abundant cuttings.
The sulky or riding pillow, on which the
plowman is carried around the field while
the work is done, revolutionizes all the
old ideas about blowing
Bone meal is a very desirable ingredient
to mix with the poultry food at all times,
and especially during the breeding season,
and the keeper should see that this ingre-
dent is carefully supplied during the
early spring months.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15

A n m ~ to be made. Cut this out and return to
us, and we will send you free, something
VuI Of great value and importance to you,
that will start you in business which will
bring you in money right away than anything else
in this world. Anyone do the work and live at
home. Either sex; all ages Something new, that Just
coins money for all workers. We will start you: cap
ital not needed This is Of the genuine important
chances Of lifetime. Those who arc ambitious and
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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
LATH PEN.

Fig. 3 represents little more elaborate
affair. This is constructed Of lath and
scantling Food and water placed on the
inside of either Of these coops will go to
the chickens.
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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
Fashionable Hairdressing.

Fashionable Hairdressing.
1.-THE hair, as rule, is deliberately dressed
for ball room and evening wear" says The
Season, from which the fashion cuts of this
issue are taken, land sometimes the two sides
Of the front hair are differently arranged"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
DECORATIVE SEATS FOR LAWN AND
GARDEN WALKS.
When to Churn Fast and When to Churn
slow-Points Ia Bee Keeping-Chesp
and Easily Constructed Foed Pens for
Chickens.

All who attempt to raise chickens in the
old style way know how difficult it Is to
evenly distribute tho food and insure
enough Of it to the young birds.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-22
The Largest Nugget of Cold.
Grass Valley Union

Louis Blanding says the generally ac-
copied statement that the largest nugget
ever found in California was worth a
little more than $21 900 Is an errone-
GUS one. He says that J. J. Finney,
''Old Virginia, found piece of gold
about SIX miles from Downieville,
Sierra county, on the 21st day of
August, 1851, that weighed 5000
ounces. The gold of that vicinity was
worth SIS an ounce, which would make
the value of the nugget some $50, 900.
This would make the rinney nugget the
largest piece of pure gold ever discov-
cred, so far as accounts go. Heretofore
the Australian nugget, found in the Ball
arat gold fields, has been considered the
largest. 1t was valued at $50, 600.
Finney, or ''Old Virginia, as ne was
Familiarity called in those days, after
ward went to Washoe when the great
silver discoveries were first made there,
and from him the town of Virginia
took its name. The man who discov-
cred the largest nugget in the Cali.
fornia mines and gave his name to the
richest mining camp in the world, died
In extreme poverty.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-22

Costly living is given as the cause Of
the loss of students at Yale college.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-22
Tomatoes as Food.
1all,s Journal Of Health

It is known that the essence of the
tomato made into pill acts on the
liver, and to that extent must coun-
teract biliousness and all forms of
fever The free use of figs is known
to multitudes to obyiate constipation in
a great many cases; every intelligent
druggist knows that tablespoonful of
white mustard seed swallowed without
chewing is useful in the same direction,
has been used for that purpose for a
century, and for that reason is kept in
every good drug store for sale The
seeds pass from the stomach unchanged,
but are supposed to act' on the bowels
delicately. The seeds of the tomato
act in the same manner; hence the fruit,
while it is palatable to the taste and
nutritious to the body, has a health
promoting effect on the liver and the
whole digestive system.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-22
Under Four Flags.

A paragraph recently reprinted in these
columns stated that Louisiana might
be said to be the only state which has
living citizens who have seen their
native state under four flags"
Mr.. Edwin B. Smith, of The Fort
Worth Tex Gazette, writes to The
Current as follows: "a few aged veter-
ans of that gallant band which met and
oyercame Santa Annals hordes on the
immortal field of San Jacinto still Iinger
in the land that they have seen emerge
from a semi barbaric state to a high
pitch of prosperity and civilization
They knew the country first under Mex
lean dominion; then followed the re-
public; then annexation to the United
States; and then that stormy era when
the Lone Star state linked her fortunes
with the Confederacy." Mr.. Smith adds
with truth that this showing, though in
the barest outlines, 'embodies enough
of romance, action, and achievement"
TO engage the pens of the best bards and
historians of the future.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-22
HUNDREDS OF BOYS RUINED
Morally aud Physically by the Require
n1snts of the Telegraph Service.
H. uo-~,-,5 -

Morally aud Physically by the Require
nsnts of the Telegraph Service
Joe Howard in Philadelphia Press-I
One Of our chief city industries is the
district telegraph service, employing
thousands Of boys. Has it ever oc-
Cured to you what the future of those
little chaps must bez TAKEN at tender
age from school they are huddled to-
gether like sheep in a pen, compelled to
wear a uniform which may be over
warm or under warm, sent out IN all
manner Of weather, compelled to visit
the low as well as the high places of
earth, introduced in their impression
able years to society of the very ex-
istence of which they ought never to
know.
They are summoned at all hours of
the day and night to brothels as well as
to churches, and gambling houses as
well as counting-rooms, and scenes Of
debauchery as well as sympOsia OF
pleasure. They are asked TO take
drunken men TO saddened homes as
well as TO lead little children to school.
Snow TO their knees is as familiar to them
as the bright sunshine Of an October
morning Through drenching show
ers they are supposed to hurry as well
as along the attractive surface of
crowded highway on pleasant shop
ping afternoon
They are underpaid, they are over
fined, their wits are sharpened by con-
slant endeavor TO add something TO
their meager pittance, they look for
fees, they serve quickly and
adroitly the within and caprice
of a dissolute woman in the hope
Of extra compensation, and they shirk
honest labor done for reputable people
who pay according to e indications Of
the tariff book, and all for what Are
they learning anything except tricks
and devices Do they extend their obser-
walton in any 1eld save that of human
nature!
AS they go along the highway of life,
their stature increasing and their years
piling up, they want more money, but
the company can supply the places of
what are now young men by another
influx of baby boys. And so the work
goes on year; after year hundreds of
these little fellows are ruined in
physique, undermined in their morals,
made dirty, thieving rascals and then
thrown broadcast upon the earth, with
no trade, with no fixed habits
of industry, with nothing under
heaven between them and starv
alton but er-acute wits and
a disposition to take advantage of the
world, and with a past whose memory
is anything but fragrant
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-22
Music from Gas.
[Chicago Ierald.1

Music from gas is the latest English
invention. 1t is called the pyrophone
It's compass is three octaves, with a KEY
board, and it will be played in the same
manner as an organ. 1t has thirty
seven glass tubes, in which a number
of gas jets burn. These jets, placed in
circles, contract and expand like the
fingers of hand. When the small
burners separate the sound is produced;
when they close together the sound
ceases. The tone depends upon the
number of the burners and the size of
the pipes in which they burn, so that
all the notes Of the musical scale may
be produced in several octaves Some
Of the glass tubes in which the jets burn
are nearly eleven feet high.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-22
Iron na1Iroan lies.
IThe Current.1

A railroad track is to be laid in New
York for the purpose of testing iron
sleepers made according 10 a new prin-
ciple, as a substitute for wooden ties
IF they should prove sufficiently cheap
and serViceable to be generally adopted
their use would do more to insure the
preservation of our forests than almost
anything else. The inventor of an ade-
quate substitute for wooden railroad
ties will deserve very high monument
as public benefactor.